From Collider.com: "With Matt Reeves' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes arriving on Blu-ray/DVD December 2, I was recently able to sit down with the busy director to talk about the film. As I've said again and again, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is easily one of my favorite films of 2014 and the rare commercial movie that’s also deep and thoughtful. Dawn is also atypical in that tells a complete story, but also opens the door for another sequel. During the interview Reeves talked about the reception to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, what fans can look forward to on the Blu-ray, the status of the next Apes sequel, how they're currently outlining the story, teases that the title may be "one word shorter," and a lot more.

11/21/2014

In talking to MTV, actor Andy Serkis provided his thoughts on where the reborn Planet of the Apes film series may be going: ""It's very, very early in where we choose to drop anchor in the next film. It could be five years after the event, it could be the night after the events of where we left 'Dawn,' so it's very difficult to know where the story is going right at this moment because it's being written as we speak. I know that part of the desire for Matt [Reeves] to do this next movie is about continuing the enjoyment of seeing these apes evolve. So I don't think we're going to see a situation where we're jumping….It might be three films, It could be four. It could be five. Who knows? But the journey will continue. It might not necessarily be summarized or completely fulfilled in this next one. The point being, eventually we know that we're going to end up back at 'The Planet of the Apes,' but whether it's this film or not, I don't know."

11/19/2014

The great Scott Mantz (one of the most pop culturally enthusiastic people we've ever met) conducts a career retrospective interview with actor Andy Serkis for the Screen Actors Guild. Scott, of course, is a commentator for Access Hollywood.

11/16/2014

Filmsketchr.blogspot.com has uncovered a lost ending for 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, featuring production art of Brian Cunningham. That ending, which in some ways harkens back to the ending of the original 1968 version of Planet of the Apes, is broken down in the following way:

1. "That image is from a proposed end sequence that was cut from "Rise Of The Apes". In that shot Caesar is going up the staircase inside a large building...

11/13/2014

From Movienewsguide.com: British actor David Watson died at the age of 74. Watson was the British-American actor best known for the role of Cornelius (chimpanzee archaeologist) in the movie “Beneath the Planet of the Apes” in 1970. Read on to learn more about this story. According to thestage.co.uk, Watson passed away after a suffering a heart attack during a trip to New York. He had been attending the opening night of the Broadway play “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" at the time of his death. Click here to read a personal tribute from producer Robert Fox. Watson was brought up in London and became a professional singer in his late teens. His career started as a choirboy at London's iconic Westminster Abbey and sang at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953. He later toured nightclubs and cabarets as a singer before embarking on a acting career — first on stage and later in U.S. TV shows such as “Rawhide” (1965), “Never Too Young ” (1965-66), “The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.” (1966), “The Time Tunnel” (1966) and “Daniel Boone” (1968-70). The character of Cornelius was originally played by Roddy McDowall in "The Planet of the Apes” series, but the actor was unavailable to shoot the sequel, so Watson replaced him in the 1970 film. MCDowall returned for the rest of the series." For more, click HERE.

11/12/2014

Director Matt Reeves recently sat down to talk about the upcoming 3rd installment of the Planet Of The Apes franchise which is scheduled to hit AMC Theatres onJuly 29th 2016. Reeves said the following: "The first one is sort of how Caesar goes from humble beginnings to becoming a revolutionary. In 'Dawn,' he really rose to occasion of becoming a leader in really challenging and difficult times. The notion of what we're after with the third is to sort of continue that trajectory and see how he becomes a seminal figure in ape history. He almost becomes sort of like an ape Moses. A mythic status... We're trying to play out those themes and continue to sort of explore it in this universe. Exploring human nature under the guise of apes.”